There is always movement in living – and in this world – growing or declining. The Triune God is always coming towards us. How people move in response – towards or away – is very much about what they know of this Triune God.

How do we know anything? Through experience, research, and trust. And that's also true about Jesus. He is not the fabrication often claimed but a living and personal truth to be encountered.

The question of the possibility of life outside our planet is a journey in our increasing knowledge while the message of a cross and empty tomb offers new life and a journey that lasts for ever. Both journeys are exciting!

How long is a long time? The answers vary. How wonderful to hear that God loves us all the time!

Learning to walk is an adventure – just as walking can lead us to new horizons. Is that why walking is a good metaphor about Christian discipleship?

What do we say in our Christmas letters? Something about family and the year no doubt. And Christmas itself reminds us that God is with us as well – but often in the background, helping, blessing. In fact at Christmas, he can be easy to miss!

There's always so much to learn in our wonderful world – and that includes paradoxes. The more we learn there is more to learn! And that includes the story of Jesus and Advent where the God we don't see or hear keeps coming to us to help and bless us.

What are yours? What are God's? How and why might they mix?

We appreciate being in the same room with people and also, particularly since the pandemic arrived, being online. Yet what hasn't changed is the deep connectedness one feels when someone really listens. Listening – proper listening – is a most gracious act.

Christian hope inspires both action and security – a wonderful way to live.